Valtteri Bottas to replace Bruno Senna at Williams

This means that Bruno Senna is out of a race seat for next year. Senna handed over his car 15 times during practice sessions this year to Bottas – a clear indicator that this move was always going to happen.

Valtteri is the second rookie driver to join the F1 paddock for 2013, as Esteban Gutierrez has already been confirmed at Sauber.

Bottas has previously won the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, the 2009 and 2010 Masters of Formula 3 races, and the 2011 GP3 series.

While all drivers concerned stated their usual PR quotes as expected, Bruno Senna has some interesting words to say about his sacking:

"Since the beginning of my program with Williams I accepted that I had to share
the car with Valtteri Bottas in 15 Fridays as a part of his preparation for a
likely debut in 2013.
It has been extremely satisfying to be the teams most regular point scorer and for
me to demonstrate my pace in all 20 races."